Florida man catches 300-pound fish, names it 'The Dinosaur'

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It was a normal day near Cape Canaveral for Sam Gerson and his friends, until he reeled in a 300-pound grouper.

He told the Huffington Post it took an entire hour to catch the monster as he tightly grasped the fishing rod to avoid being pulled into the water.

“As I started reeling in, the rod bent until the tip was almost in the water,” Gerson said, “Soon I wasn’t reeling, but instead holding on for dear life as line was running out of the spool at an alarming speed.”

A fishing guide onboard estimated the giant fish to be more than 300 pounds and possibly 50 years old.

That prompted the group to label their catch “The Dinosaur.”